Indicating device for motor-vehicles.



1 HWH. HOCKETT. -IN D |CAT|NG DEVICE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES. APPLICATION FILD ocT. 2. ms.

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HARVEY H. noo'xnr'r,

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Specification of Letters Patent. 1

Application filed October 2, 1915. Serial No. 53,844,

l To all whom it may concern Be itknown that I, HARVEY H. Hooxn'rr, acitizen of the United, States, residing at Dallas, in the county of-Polk and State of he may indicate his intentions to pedestrians and other motorists relative to his intended subsequent movements of the vehicle.

1 It is a more particular object of the invention to provide a rotatably mounted dicating arrow arranged upon the engine hood of the vehicle, and a manuallyoperable .connection for said arrow including a shiftable rod extending through the cowl'of the vehicle body in convenient relation to the operators seat.

The-invention has for an additional ob- 'ject to provide means which will retain the indicating arrow in its adjusted position and yet permit of its easy and quick actuation when the operating rod is shifted.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrange ments' of parts .to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed, .and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a motor vehicle havlng my. improved 1ndicator applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a top plan vlew; .Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on theline 3+3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a detail s1:-

spective Mew of the ratchet disk.

Referring. in detail to the drawing, 5 designates a rod or standard which is securely attached at its lower end by means of nuts6 to the engine hood of the vehicle. 7 designates the hollow rotatable rod or standard which is longitudinally bored at one end, as at 8, to loosely receive the upper end of the vertical rod 5. The spring 5 18 arranged upon the rod 5 between a head formed on the upper end of the rod and the lower end of, the hollow rod 7 and normally acts to force said hollow rod downwardly.

A u table r amnai cap 9-may be pro-" vided upon is also provided with a longitudinally-extending slot, indicated at 10, in which an arrow 11,-preferably .of sheet metal and Pangaea. 3, 1916."-

I he'upperend ofthe rotatable rod 7. This upper end portion of the rod painted or otherwise colored, is. suitably Upon'the rod 5 a-disk 01 collar 12 as curely fixed bymeans of a set screw, indi cated at 13. This collar is formed with an? upstanding flange 14 and at diametrically opposite points said flange is cut-away to T I form shoulders, as shown at 15 and from the bases of said shoulders, the section of the collarbetween the same is inclined upwardly, as at 16 to an intermediate notch' or recess 17. In the lower end of the rota table rod 7, fixed.

19 designates the operating. rod-which loosely connected to the outer end of this a laterally projecting pin 18 is pin. This rod is movable through-the cowl of the vehicle-'body-and' may be support d at an intermediate point in an eye formed in the upper end of the standard 20 which is secured at its lower end upon the engine' hood. v

' From the above description, the operation of the device will be readily understood. I

Assuming that the arrow ishpointingforwardly in the direction of travel ofthem'achine, the pin 18 will then extend laterallyfrom one side of therod'? at right angles to the arrow, said pin being engaged in'the central notch 17 formed in the upstanding flange of the disk or collar 13. Now, if itis the operatorsintention to turn the ma-.

chine to the left or the right, he shifts the rod 19 in one direction or the' other, so that the point of the arrow will indicate the di-- rection in which the machine will turn,

When the arrow is moved to this point, the

pin 18 will strike against one or the other.

of the shoulders 15, so that furtherturning movement of the arrow is prevented. When the rodis again shifted to bring the arrow back'to its normal position, the pin 18 will readily ride up the inclined edge 16 or the collar flange .and into the recess 17 therein,

it being understood that the rod 7 willi'move vertically from the supporting rod 51' The arr w! will thus be retained in its normal position against accidental turning move ment while at the same time the arrow can From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it isbelieved that the construction, manner of operation and several advantages of the device will be clearly and fully understood. As the indicator is exceedingly simple in its construction, it is obvious that the same is not liable to get out of order but, on the other hand, is extremely practical in operation. The arrow may be of any desired size and can be suitably ornamented, if desired. It isalso apparent that other means for mounting the indicating arrow upon the vehicle may be adopted and said arrow can be also located at other points upon the vehicle than the engine hood. It is, therefore, to be borne in mind that in practice, I reserve the privilege of adopting all such legitimate changes in the form, proportion and arrangement of the elements employed, as may be fairly embodied within the spirit and scope of the invention, as claimed.

Having thus described this invention,

tably mounted upon said support, an indicating arrow fixed in said rod, a collar secured upon the support and having an upstanding flange provided with a notch and shoulders at diametrically opposite points in spaced relation to said notch, the edge of said flange being inclined upwardly from the shoulders to said notch, a pin fixed in the rotatable rod, to seatin said notch and hold the rod against casual turning movement, and manually operable means connected to said pin to force the same out of the notch and rotate the rod to dispose the arrow in an operative position, said pin engaging one or the other of theshoulders to.

limit such turning movement of the rod.

In testimony whereof I hereunto altix my signature 1n the presence of two wit nesses.

HARVEY H. HOCKETT. Witnesses:

A. B. ROBINSON, J r., C. J. Srnronrrn. 

